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Welcome to the AICPA's new Financial Reporting Center

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As an AICPA member you will find resources to assist you across the entire financial reporting process. Whether you are involved in accounting, preparing financial statements, or performing compilation, review, audit, attest, or assurance and advisory engagements, this new Center will support you in the execution of high-quality financial reporting by providing:

  • Financial reporting news and developments
  • Financial reporting guidance and resources such as articles, presentations, and frequently asked questions
  • Industry insights on important financial reporting topics
  • A Standards Tracker to help you stay current on recently issued FASB, ARSC, and ASB standards
  • Insight and guidance to help you avoid common financial reporting pitfalls
We welcome your feedback on the new Center.

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The AICPA provides tax practice tools to help members elevate their practices and maintain the highest ethical standards. The AICPA also advocates sound tax policy and effective tax administration.
Practice Support
The AICPA supports its members’ practices with the comprehensive and annually updated tax practice guides and checklists.
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The AICPA supports both the public interest and its members by advocating sound tax policy and effective tax administration.
Professional Standards & Ethics
Resources are provided to help AICPA members maintain the highest professional standards in tax practice.

Spotlight News

Foreign Asset Reporting Puts Tax Practitioners, Clients in Tough Spot
In our latest blog, AICPA Technical Manager Michelle Koroghlanian talks about the challenges that new laws such as FBAR have presented to tax practitioners who are finding themselves asking clients new questions and working outside the familiar realm of the tax code.
Tax Season is Here! So are Some Resources to Get You Started
The Journal of Accountancy has developed a list of links to helpful articles on issues such as expired and new provisions, mileage rates, and filing deadlines to keep as reference for the 2012 filing season. The list will be updated throughout tax season.
Due Diligence Standards for Tax Season - What Should You be Asking Clients?
In the latest Tax Insider, Annette Nellon, CPA, JD, talks about 2011 developments affecting due diligence standards and reviews selected cases, regulations, IRS rulings and tax agency actions to remind preparers of questions they should be asking clients or documents they should review.
IRS Providing Transitional Relief for Form 8937 Filers
Some relief from penalties will be available for those required to report actions that affected their stock basis during calendar year 2011.

IRS Over-Automation, Staff & Funding Shortages Compromise Taxpayers
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olsen told Congress that funding shortages and over reliance on automation are big issues facing taxpayers. Automatic corrections to returns that prove to be incorrect can be difficult to fix.

Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Reopens
Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program reopened for indefinite period. More information to be released by IRS in next month.

Popular Resources 

Keep up to date on what’s new. The AICPA wants your practice to thrive. Take a look at the benefits your AICPA membership provides and the extra perks you can get by joining the Tax Section, such as the highly popular guides and checklists.

Recent Comment Letters & Testimonies 

The AICPA meets regularly with federal officials and lawmakers to address issues of concern to CPAs and to advocate for effective tax administration. Check out our most recent efforts:
 

New Practice Resources 

2011 Tax Practice Guides and Checklists 
The wait is over! Our annual Tax Practice Guides and Checklists for the 2011 tax year are now available.  In addition to the Word and PDF versions, we now offer a new online verson - the Interactive Tax Checklists - for todays' digital CPA.  Like the Word and PDF versions, this new interactive tool is free to Tax Section members.  This resource alone is worth the cost of joining the Tax Section.
Tax Practitioners Toolkit: Communicate Your Value

You need to set your firm apart from other tax preparers and project a clear, consistent message about your unique qualifications and the value you provide current and prospective clients. The Tax Practitioner’s Toolkit offers many resources to help you do just that – positioning you as the premier providers of tax services.

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How to Reach the Tax Team:

  • Email:  service@aicpa.org
  • Call:  888-777-7077
  • Write:  1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC  20004

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